Kirsty is from Australia and lives in France. I love the way she is honest about what is going on in her life. And about awards by the way, haha. But I think we match on that part. Where I hope we will match in the future is on quilting skills. In my opinion she is great at matching colours and fabrics in a semi-traditional way. I adore the patterns, the blue-green-white one for example. The way she picks designs and discusses her options with us bloggers is wonderful to me.
Go check out you had me at bonjour and enjoy the very first thing there: the name. You had me at bonjour.
Doesn't that name make you smile or at least remind you of a movie?

Annette is from Sweden and lives in Switzerland now. Her enthousiasm about all sorts of crafts is in every corner of the Rose Valley. I love that pure craftneed. Since she is not allowed to crochet for a while, she was flexible enough to switch to quilting. I adore that. And although she is just a beginner, her quilts are already of a quality I can only dream of. Lovely traditional designs and colours, with clear descriptions of the making off and all that comes along with that. Go and visit the Rose Valley for some colour cheer-up and don't forget to click the label crochet. The blue-red-green-white babyboy blanket is my favorite.

Maureen, Kirsty and Annette, I will not give you any rules
just do whatever you like with the featuring/award
you are more than welcome to take it the way you feel comfortable with it

Ah, Maaike, you are a sweetheart! Thank you so much for this award, and thank you even more for not holding me to it! I look forward to swapping more sewing and crafting ideas with you in 2011. (And thank you for introducing me to Maureen and Annette's blogs)

Dear dear Maaike. Thank you for your lovely way of turning the Award into something special. I think this is the first time someone has really "reviewed" me in an objective way. That is very flattering, every single word. Lovely feed back. Makes me feel very special indeed, and I guess that is one of the reasons we do blog in the first place. I didn't realize I could be that special in this big world of blog land... I am honored and will follow in your footsteps making this Award something really special. Thanks.

Ohhh, and the baby blanket got finished, but I forgot to take pictures. The new owner is delighted. How could I forget to photograph it? It turned out really nice. I am back with the hook, a teeny tiny bit just. Will post about that later this week.